Deputy Manager

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury care home provider in the UK is seeking a warm and dedicated Deputy Manager. In this role, you will support the General Manager in operating a compliant care home, providing inspirational leadership to the staff, and ensuring a safe and caring environment for residents. Applicants must have a minimum of two years' management experience in a care setting, alongside excellent leadership and communication skills. This position entails ensuring the wellbeing of residents and adhering to healthcare standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years' experience in a similar care environment in a management position.
• Excellent leadership and management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Competent in use of IT systems.
• Adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Support the General Manager to operate a compliant and effective care home.
• Provide ongoing leadership and management to the staff team.
• Ensure adherence to medication policies and procedures.
• Monitor the wellbeing of residents and update care plans.
• Complete monthly audits and attend weekly clinical meetings.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

IT proficiency

Flexibility

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together'. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Deputy Manager to join their award-winning team. The role involves supporting the General Manager to operate a compliant and effective person-centred care home, ensuring a safe, caring, and stimulating environment for residents and their visitors.

About the role

Your focus as Care Home Deputy Manager will be to support the General Manager to operate a compliant and effective person-centred care home which provides a safe, caring and stimulating environment for residents and their visitors, whilst meeting professional and statutory standards and commercial performance targets.

Main duties

Other responsibilities will include:

• Providing ongoing inspirational leadership and management to the staff team.
• Ensuring that medication policies and procedures are adhered to and supporting the review of medication and administration.
• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting on care and care plans.
• Completing monthly audits, quality indicator reports and other reports as required.
• Attending weekly clinical meetings and monitoring clinical risk areas in the home.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They are committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members, with a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

About you

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

• Have a minimum of two years' experience working in a similar care environment in a management position.
• Have excellent leadership and management skills.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and be competent in use of IT systems.
• Be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we're not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we're a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Requirements

• This role will require a DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Other notes

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years' experience in a similar care environment in a management position, with excellent leadership and management skills, strong communication abilities, and proficiency in IT systems.

Disclosure

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.